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SUMMARY:La Salsa Vive
DESCRIPTION:Dir Juan Carvajal\nColombia\, USA\n2025 \n”A brave\, sensitive\, and necessary attempt to reclaim the living memory of salsa……A sincere and devoted love letter to a music that pulses through the veins of millions”. André Didyme-Dôme ROLLING STONE \nA vibrant journey through a genre born of Afro-Cuban rhythms—mambo\, guaracha\, guaguancó—fused with the drive of New York jazz\, and one that found its second homeland in Cali\, Colombia. With historical rigor\, the film traces the musical voyage back and forth between Havana\, New York\, and Cali\, showing how salsa became a shared language across cultures. It then dives into daily life in Cali\, portraying dancers\, collectors\, young enthusiasts\, and veteran masters who keep the tradition alive in cabarets\, competitions\, and on the streets. Featuring testimonies from icons such as Rubén Blades\, Henry Fiol\, and Willie Rosario\, it celebrates the popular resilience of a genre that remains identity\, passion\, and community. \nTICKETS: \n \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/la-salsa-vive/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T203000
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SUMMARY:¡Así Cantan! Multilingual Open Mic with El Mashup
DESCRIPTION:Wed\, Sep 16\n7:30pm – 8:30pm \nLanguage carries memory\, humour\, family\, migration and countless ways of understanding the world. At VLAFF\, we believe that having access to the languages of our communities and ancestors allows us to remain connected to culture\, and to one another. \nJoin us for ¡Así Cantan!\, a free Multilingual Open Mic presented in collaboration with our friends from El Mashup Collective. Take the mic or simply come listen as community members share poetry\, stories\, songs\, spoken word and other short performances in the languages that matter to them. \nYou don’t need to be an experienced performer or prepare something polished. Come share your voice\, experiment across languages or celebrate the many ways our communities speak and create. Participants are welcome to offer translations or additional context if they wish\, but this is not required. \nRegister for free here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/asi-cantan-multilingual-open-mic-with-el-mashup/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T202351Z
CREATED:20260717T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T202351Z
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SUMMARY:Light Memories
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Misha Vallejo\nEcuador\n2025 \nMisha\, a documentary photographer\, uses his grandfather’s camera to recreate a family album\, bridging the gap to a man he never met. Exploring absent father figures\, he reclaims spaces once denied to his family. Through his lens\, secrets and violence surface\, yet memory’s fluidity offers a chance for redemption. \nWorld Premier: IDFA Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival\, 2025 \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/light-memories/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T173000
DTSTAMP:20260913T053916Z
CREATED:20260725T022535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T053916Z
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SUMMARY:The Blue Trail
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Gabriel Mascaro\nBrazil\n2025 \n”A magical escape from exile to freedom” Hollywood Reporter \nTereza\, 77\, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon\, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years\, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead\, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever. \nWorld Premiere\, Berlin Film Festival 2025 \n \n\n  \n     
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-blue-trail-2/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190332Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
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SUMMARY:Emerging Experimental
DESCRIPTION:The eclectic selection of films in this program highlights a number of exciting local filmmakers unafraid to portray modern life in inventive and innovative ways. Siblings reconnect in dreamy old playgrounds\, digital surveillance and philosophical inquiry collide\, a sleepless night at home becomes an explorative site of border and water politics. Across approaches and textures\, these works transform everyday spaces into places of uncertain intimacy and discovery. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/emerging-experimental/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T171643Z
CREATED:20260717T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T171643Z
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SUMMARY:PARA VIVIR: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Fabien Pisani\nCuba\, Mexico\n2025 \nA deeply personal portrait of Cuban music icon Pablo Milanés\, captured in self-imposed exile during his final years. \nMilanés\, co-founder of the Nueva Trova movement with Silvio Rodríguez\, was a major voice in Cuba’s revolutionary cultural movement. This film\, directed by his adopted son Fabien Pisani\, combines interviews with musical luminaries such as Serrat\, Chico Buarque\, Harry Belafonte and Fito Páez\, alongside intimate moments of Milanés in his final years\, looking frail and reflecting on the fading Cuban Utopia. It’s a striking cinematic portrait of the artist. As memories of the past surface\, so does the broad disillusionment of the singer and his peers\, a generation of artists who were once devoted to the Revolution but who now question its legacy.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/para-vivir-the-implacable-times-of-pablo-milanes/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T152000
DTSTAMP:20260817T171731Z
CREATED:20260717T150043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T171731Z
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SUMMARY:Chronicle of a City
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Nadine Gomez\nQuebec\, Mexico\n2025\nFilmmaker in attendance! \nA patchwork of millions of lives\, urban spaces are not only streets and concrete. They are where our dreams and deepest worries unfold. Chronicle of a City drifts and strolls through time and chance encounters\, moving between fantasy and reality\, echoing the intimate and ghostly voices of our metropolises\, reminding us that we inhabit The City as much as it inhabits us. This roaming essay is a visual and sonic meditation that invites us to see urban life as a web of sensations that move through us and draw us closer to one another\, even in the midst of solitude. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/chronicle-of-a-city/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T175000
DTSTAMP:20260913T054015Z
CREATED:20260717T150037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T054015Z
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SUMMARY:What Lurks Under the Veil
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to honour our decisions\, and what must we leave behind to move forward? In this program\, we encounter characters who confront the darkness of their desires and contradictions\, situations that push them to their limits and challenge their lives as they know them. Through animation\, horror\, video essay\, and docufiction\, the body becomes a contested territory and what we keep silent emerges from the pores of each story. The silhouette of the right choice blurs in a world plagued by injustice and inequality. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/what-lurks-under-the-veil/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Program2,Shorts in Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T200500
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SUMMARY:A Poet
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Simón Mesa Soto\nColombia\n2025 \nSince its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025\, A POET has traveled the world receiving awards\, but above all\, applause and laughter. A gem of Colombian cinema\, prepare for an unforgettable journey to a place you never imagined: the poetry circle of Medellín. \nÓscar Restrepo\, the poet of the title\, has been incapable of measuring up to his promising first steps in literature\, and gets by as he can while caring for his mother. Óscar finds a kindred spirit in his student Yurlady\, a young woman whom he sees as a diamond in the rough of poetry.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/a-poet/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature,Highlights,International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T203000
DTSTAMP:20260915T212039Z
CREATED:20260915T212007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T212039Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Storytelling Night: VLAFF’s The Nook Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Indigenous Storytelling Night and the premiere of The Nook (El Rinconcito)\, a special new gathering space at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. \nThe Nook invites festival audiences to deepen their engagement with Indigenous artists\, creative work and calls to action beyond the land acknowledgement. Through a combination of physical and digital experiences\, visitors can encounter Indigenous film\, music\, poetry\, food recommendations\, books\, resources and more throughout the festival. \nWe will premiere this space with a multidisciplinary evening featuring: \n\nA live poetry reading by Selina Boan\nA screening of Our Grandmother the Inlet\, directed by Kayah George and Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos\nFood offerings by Cedar Feast House Catering\nAn opportunity to explore the Nook\n\n  \nRegister for Free Here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/indigenous-storytelling-night-vlaffs-the-nook-premiere/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T223000
DTSTAMP:20260911T184650Z
CREATED:20260717T150039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T184650Z
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SUMMARY:In Her Place
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Maite Alberdi\nChile\n2025 \nThis is the debut narrative feature from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Maite Alberdi (Chile)\, Oscar nominated for THE MOLE AGENT and THE ETERNAL MEMORY. \nChile\, 1955. When the popular writer María Carolina Geel kills her lover\, the case captivates Mercedes\, the shy secretary of the judge in charge of the case. After visiting the writer’s apartment\, Mercedes begins to question her life\, identity\, and the role of women in society as she finds an oasis of freedom in that home.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/in-her-place-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T193157Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T193157Z
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SUMMARY:Lovers in the Sky
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Fermin de la Serna\nPeru\, Argentina\n2025 \nLovers in the Sky explores the stories of Cristina and La Bonita\, two trans cooks who have spent decades working aboard cargo ships that tirelessly navigate the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon. Facing personal and social pressures\, both women journey through and reinvent themselves within the territory of post-identity.\nCristina seeks to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother\, while La Bonita is driven by her fear of burning forever in hell. \n\n\nWorld Premiere: 65th Krakow Film Festival 2025
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/lovers-in-the-sky/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260731T185621Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T185621Z
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SUMMARY:Memories of Underdevelopment
DESCRIPTION:Memories of the Underdevelopment tells the story of Sergio\, an upper-class intellectual who – a year after the Castro-led revolution – decides not to leave the country\, even though his parents and estranged wife have escaped to Miami. Alienated from the major socio-political upheaval that is transforming the reality that surrounds him\, Sergio is a misfit\, caught between a past he half-heartedly attempts to maintain\, and the inevitable changes he cannot or will not embrace. His only income is the compensation he receives following the nationalization of his property. Unable to finish the novel he’s writing\, Sergio spends his time chasing women\, observing the outside world and reflecting on his own life\, trying to understand what is happening to his country and himself.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/memories-of-underdevelopment/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Classics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260913T054315Z
CREATED:20260717T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T054315Z
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SUMMARY:Diary of a Season
DESCRIPTION:To many\, one of the most shocking parts of moving to Canada is the wildly wide range between seasons: the scorching summers\, the showering autumns\, the freezing winters\, the flowering springs. Through a seasonal frame\, the films in this program explore life in Canada in a variety of forms – love\, distance\, depression\, migration by way of fiction\, documentary\, and animation. Together\, they shape a diary of fragmented entries that addresses a life in emotional and climatological transition. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/cls-diary-of-a-season/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T194500
DTSTAMP:20260913T054432Z
CREATED:20260717T150022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T054432Z
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SUMMARY:Newborn
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Alejandro Zuno\nMexico\n2024 \nFeaturing powerful performances by Mayra Hermosillo and Andrés Delgado\, NEWBORN is a poignant exploration of love and identity. \nWhen their first baby is born with both female and male features\, a young couple faces a huge dilemma: while he thinks they should assign a sex surgically to their child as doctors advise\, she gets to know other intersex people and listens to their experiences\, starting to believe that they should let their baby’s body as it is. Their differences go stronger and a decision has to be made\, the most difficult of their life. \n \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/newborn/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Queer Pix: Features + Shorts,Spotlight Mayra Hermosillo
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T195623Z
CREATED:20260908T195623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T195623Z
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SUMMARY:Brendocha
DESCRIPTION:Brendocha is a Peruvian-born DJ/event organizer\, based in Vancouver. They are a co-founder of Club Bebé\, a Queer Latinx collective curating events that highlight queer Latinx talent in Vancouver’s night life. \nBrendocha brings fast-paced and energetic sets that traverse through Latin bass\, baile funk\, merengue\, techno- captivating audiences with her cutting- edge style. She has played in Toronto\, Edmonton\, Montreal\, Lima\, Seattle\, as well as Basscoast Musical Festival and Boiler Room in 2024. She has shared stages with artists such as BCLIP\, Toccororo\, Sukubratz\, Rosa Pistola\, Ms Nina\, DJ G2G\, Isa Gt.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/brendocha/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T220000
DTSTAMP:20260910T173639Z
CREATED:20260717T173151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T173639Z
UID:33573-1789763400-1789768800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Our Body is an Expanding Star
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Semillites Hernández Velasco & Tania Hernández Velasco\nMexico\n2025 \n”There is no cinema more challenging than that which advocates for taking responsibility for our own bodies… in this sense\, Our Body Is an Expanding Star\, is emblematic.”\nErnesto Diezmartínez\, Letras Libres \nSemillites and Tania\, two queer siblings bound by a powerful friendship\, journey through the brown terrain of their own bodies – lands they once rejected. They traverse landscapes of skin\, dreams and viscera\, crossing into places that pulse with their ancestors’ memory and\, along the way\, encounter a constellation of flowers\, grasshoppers and fossils. Through collage\, animation\, manifesto\, dance and intimacy\, the film moves across scales of body and territory\, reimagining identity beyond Mexico’s colonial narratives. \n\nWorld Premiere\, IDFA Amsterdam 2025\nWinner\, Best Film\, Guanajuato Film Festival 2026\n\nTICKETS:\n \n                      
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/our-body-is-an-expanding-star/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Queer Pix: Features + Shorts,Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T153000
DTSTAMP:20260910T165020Z
CREATED:20260717T150014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T165020Z
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SUMMARY:Fait Vivir
DESCRIPTION:In a lost town in the tropics\, a ruler banned dances\, songs and celebrations. This is how Makondo starts\, a performance created by the GKO Orchestra\, a band of musicians\, dancers and circus actors from different parts of the world. Fait vivir recounts\, through Manuk\, a five-year-old boy\, the legend of this ingenious and unusual group. His imaginative and poetic gaze intertwines the ‘andariego’ record of these artists through different Colombian towns and cities with the “staging” of their show. Likewise\, the fantasy of our narrator allows us to get to know the daily life of its creators and the deep dream that feeds this project that invites freedom and movement.\nScreening followed by a Q&A with director Oscar Ruiz Navia. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/fait-vivir/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T180500
DTSTAMP:20260910T170547Z
CREATED:20260717T150006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T170547Z
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SUMMARY:The Condor Daughter
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico\nBolivia\, 2025 \nA source of pride for Bolivian cinema\, The Condor Daughter has not only garnered more than 25 international awards\, but in Bolivian cinemas the film became the most watched national film in the last decade\, demonstrating that the local public consumes its own cinema with pride and a genuine connection. \nClara is a young Quechua midwife who sings to soothe the pain of pregnant women. Her mother\, Ana\, a veteran midwife\, sees this gift as a miracle from the gods. Influenced by a friend\, and after a falling out with her mother\, the young woman decides to leave for the city. The community suffers the mysterious death of animals and crops\, and the villagers attribute this punishment to Clara’s departure. Her mother decides to travel to the city and embark on a search to bring her back. \n \n         
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/the-condor-daughter/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Films from Turtle Island & Beyond,Highlights,Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T180000
DTSTAMP:20260913T053401Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T053401Z
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SUMMARY:Amor(es) ciego
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.  \nCurated by Kathleen Mullen and Robert Rios \nAmor (es) ciego explores with angst and humour the many ways love shapes\, complicates\, and transforms our lives. Across these films\, love appears as desire\, discovery\, and devotion. It can illuminate our deepest truths while blinding us to our faults\, becoming both a blessing and a risk. \nThis year’s selection reflects the evolving landscape of queer Latin American storytelling\, where love is no longer confined to struggle alone\, but expands into joy\, vulnerability\, and possibility. Notably\, for the first time\, the program includes three films made by Latine filmmakers in the United States\, highlighting how migration and new cultural contexts can create space for different expressions of queer affection and belonging. \nTogether\, these stories invite us to embrace romantic love in all its beautiful contradictions. \nRead more about the films in the program here! \nTICKETS: \nTickets on sale now through the Vancouver Queer Film Festival website. For VLAFF passholders\, please arrive at least 20 minutes prior to screening time to claim a pass ticket from the VQFF Box Office table at the Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas (88 West Pender\, 3rd Floor\, Vancouver). Seating is limited\, subject to capacity.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/amor-es-ciego/
LOCATION:International Village Theatre 8\, 88 W Pender St 3rd floor\, vancouver\, BC\, V6B 6N9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Queer Pix: Features + Shorts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T200000
DTSTAMP:20260910T233143Z
CREATED:20260717T150059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T233143Z
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SUMMARY:Los Hongos
DESCRIPTION:Every night after work\, construction worker Ras stays up late graffitiing around Cali\, Colombia. But when he steals paint to finish a huge mural\, he gets fired. Penniless\, Ras journeys across the city to find fellow graffiti artist Calvin\, a fine art student struggling with his parents’ divorce. \nScreening followed by a Q&A with director Oscar Ruiz Navia. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/los-hongos/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T213000
DTSTAMP:20260908T195954Z
CREATED:20260908T195954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T195954Z
UID:35207-1789846200-1789853400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Colectivo Sur
DESCRIPTION:Colectivo SUR is an emerging six-member musical collective that reinterprets Latin American folklore and complements it with original music responding to the diverse cultural identities of its Members. \nDrawing from styles ranging from cumbia to Andean music\, the group creates a contemporary sound through the use of traditional instruments such as the Venezuelan cuatro\, charango\, jaranas\, and quena. \nInfluenced by the Nueva Canción movement\, Collective SUR’s work is guided by social awareness\, collective storytelling\, and cultural exchange\, opening a space to honor Latin American music characters and movements while engaging with present-day Latin American realities.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/colectivo-sur/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T204500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T222000
DTSTAMP:20260804T150750Z
CREATED:20260725T045825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T150750Z
UID:34481-1789850700-1789856400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:A Loose End
DESCRIPTION:Santiago\, an Argentinian police constable\, crosses the border to Uruguay on the run from the other police officers on his trail. Putting his uniform to good use\, he inspects regional food stalls\, testing milk products and cold cuts to survive\, while trying to go unnoticed among the locals. With neither money nor a place to stay\, but with kindness and wit\, he starts to carve out a new life for himself\, receiving help from the local characters who cross his path\, and even meeting the person he believes could be the love of his life. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/a-loose-end-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260919T223000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T020000
DTSTAMP:20260914T173003Z
CREATED:20260910T033717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T173003Z
UID:35294-1789857000-1789869600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:🔥 FUEGO / FOGO Cuir Party 🔥
DESCRIPTION:🔥 FUEGO / FOGO Cuir Party 🔥 \nSATURDAY | SEP 19 | 10:30PM-2:00AM | THE BIRDHOUSE \n¡La tercera es la vencida! Third time’s the charm!  \nYou know you love it\, you know you don’t want to miss it. Fuego Fogo comes back for the third year in a row\, the steamiest collaboration between the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and VLAFF. See you at The Birdhouse on September 19 at 10:30 pm as always\, Latine Cuir/Queer vibes. Drag\, a Ballroom Showcase\, and an incredible DJ lineup. \n  \n10:30 PM Doors Open \n10:30 PM Host Intro (M.A.L.A.N.D.R.O)\n10:35 – 11:05 PM Drag Showcase (M.A.L.A.N.D.R.O + Mya)\n11:05 PM Host Intro for Ballroom\n11:05 – 11:25 PM Ballroom Showcase led by Princess Kachonda Jeremy Scott\n11:25 PM Host Intro for DJs\n11:30 – 12:45 AM First DJ Set: Semillitra\n12:45 – 2:00 AM Second DJ Set: Binky   \nEntry to this event is included with tickets to Shorts: Amor(es) Ciego or either screening of Our Body is An Expanding Star. VQFF & VLAFF Passholders and ticket holders for these programs will have free access to this event dependent on venue capacity – come early to guarantee your spot. Show your physical pass/ticket or digital ticket at the door for entry. \nPARTY TICKETS ONLY – Buy Here
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/%f0%9f%94%a5-fuego-fogo-cuir-party-%f0%9f%94%a5/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Fiesta
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T150000
DTSTAMP:20260911T185043Z
CREATED:20260810T224132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T185043Z
UID:34810-1789912800-1789916400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Chilemonos Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:A showcase highlighting a diverse array of stories that exemplify the potential of Latin American animation from the past two years at the CHILEMONOS Festival. A material and emotional journey that reveals the transformations\, challenges\, and vibrant creativity of the continent’s newest voices.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/chilemonos-spotlight/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T160000
DTSTAMP:20260817T172837Z
CREATED:20260717T150048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T172837Z
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SUMMARY:Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
DESCRIPTION:Running Time: 15 min \nThe candour of images from the past\, filmed by a camera still hesitant in the hands of the siblings learning to use it\, meets the coldness of the Montreal winter\, frozen in still shots. Voices\, taken from voice messages\, speak not only of illness and sadness but also of hope and everyday life. Two times and two places intertwine\, united by the voices that run through them and by the nostalgia and absence they evoke. Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain is a delicate collage between movement and stillness\, between homeland and adopted country\, between present and memory\, and between presence and disappearance—an experimental essay on mourning and a tribute to a loved one gone too soon. (AJL) \nShort film precedes Crab Trap
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/tigers-can-be-seen-in-the-rain/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T173500
DTSTAMP:20260909T002731Z
CREATED:20260718T073611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T002731Z
UID:34321-1789919100-1789925700@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Crab Trap
DESCRIPTION:In La Barra\, a remote and humid town on Colombia’s Pacific coast\, Cerebro\, leader of the Afro-Colombian community\, faces fierce opposition from El Paisa\, a powerful landowner who plans to build a hotel on the beach. Daniel\, a strange and quiet city dweller\, arrives one afternoon and stays for several days waiting for a boat to take him out of the country. Forced to leave\, he becomes involved in the struggle of the town that resists disappearing with the imminent arrival of progress. \nPreceded by the short Tigers Can Be Seen In The Rain. \nScreening followed by a Q&A with director Oscar Ruiz Navia. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/crab-trap/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T201500
DTSTAMP:20260817T160359Z
CREATED:20260717T150037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T160359Z
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SUMMARY:Vainilla
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Mayra Hermosillo\nMexico\n2025 \n“A poignant\, compelling film that establishes Hermosillo as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary Mexican cinema.” \nIn the late 1980s\, a family of seven women in northern Mexico\, spanning different generations and ideologies\, fights to save their home\, which they are on the verge of losing due to an outstanding debt. We experience this story through the eyes of the youngest\, eight-year-old Roberta\, as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery that impacts the rest of the family. \nPremiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2025\, VAINILLA has been collecting awards throughout the year\, such as the audience award at the Morelia Film Festival\, and currently has seven nominations for the Ariel Award from the Mexican Film Academy. \nTICKETS: \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/vainilla/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Closing,Highlights,Spotlight Mayra Hermosillo
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260920T213000
DTSTAMP:20260910T162654Z
CREATED:20260908T200251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T162654Z
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SUMMARY:Los Grandes Norteño Band
DESCRIPTION:Los Grandes is a Regional Mexican music group composed of Mexican musicians with a deep passion for music and for keeping their roots alive. \nThe group features drums\, accordion\, bass\, and guitar\, creating a sound full of power\, emotion\, and Mexican flavor. Their repertoire aims to connect with audiences through music that represents their culture\, their stories\, and traditions. \nWith their distinctive style and onstage energy\, Los Grandes strive to bring their music to every performance and continue leaving a lasting mark on the hearts of their audience.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/los-grandes-norteno-band/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:Asi Suena
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